Florence Marion Howe Hall (August 25, 1845 – April 10, 1922)[1] was an American writer, critic, and lecturer about women's suffrage in the United States.

[4] Florence was the second of six children born of the marriage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, a prominent physician, abolitionist and founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, and Julia Ward Howe, a poet and author, best known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

Hall began her writing career with children's stories, but quickly moved on to memoirs and etiquette books.

David, a lawyer, was the youngest son of six children born to David Priestley Hall, a Harvard educated lawyer, and Caroline (née Minturn) Hall,[13] who spent their summers in Newport, Rhode Island.

[14] The couple met while Hall was in Newport and had four children:[14] In New York City, they lived at 17 Livingston Place.